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The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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We would like to thank the Francophone Society of bone marrow transplantation and cellular therapy (SFGM-TC), to all the Swiss, Belgian and French centers that participated and completed the missing data. We would also like to thank Nicole Raus for her help in extracting data from the PromiSe database. Clinical number registry: Health DataHub registry number F20230327154245.
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CC and JHD designed the research study. CC and CH performed the research, analyzed the data and wrote the paper. LV analyzed the data and revised manuscript. FC, CN, BB, MA, AS, AG, MA, VG, PS, CHD, PSR, CP, CP, SNG, NR, MS, FM, ND and JHD revised the manuscript.
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Patients or legal guardians provided written informed consent for data collection and use for analysis, in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. This study was approved by SFGM-TC and SFCE HSCT committees and registered on Health Data Hub (F20230327154245).
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Calvo, C., Hautefeuille, C., Vasseur, L. et al. Real-world outcomes of haplo-HSCT with post-transplant cyclophosphamide in pediatric hematologic malignancies: a study on behalf of SFGM-TC and SFCE. Bone Marrow Transplant 60, 917–920 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-025-02584-4
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